Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1797 |
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Page 111
... mourning that is ; their wonted fongs of joy with which they used to lead her along , as the Arab women did their princess , being turned into lamentations . That the Prophet ' is fpeaking of the pre- fenting Huzzab to her conqueror ...
... mourning that is ; their wonted fongs of joy with which they used to lead her along , as the Arab women did their princess , being turned into lamentations . That the Prophet ' is fpeaking of the pre- fenting Huzzab to her conqueror ...
Page 133
... mourning : before that , it is pro- bable , his tent might fometimes be diftin- guished by lights ; at deaft thefe illuminations are now used in thofe countries to do honour to princes , and muft not here be forgotten . Γ ́ XXXVIII . So ...
... mourning : before that , it is pro- bable , his tent might fometimes be diftin- guished by lights ; at deaft thefe illuminations are now used in thofe countries to do honour to princes , and muft not here be forgotten . Γ ́ XXXVIII . So ...
Page 136
... mourning is right - down defpair , and an image of hell . I was lodged in the year 1676 at Ifpahan , near the Royal Square : the mistress of the next house . to mine died at that time . The moment fhe ex- pired all the family , to the ...
... mourning is right - down defpair , and an image of hell . I was lodged in the year 1676 at Ifpahan , near the Royal Square : the mistress of the next house . to mine died at that time . The moment fhe ex- pired all the family , to the ...
Page 137
... mourning , if I may call it fo , continued forty days ; not equally vio- lent , but with diminution from day to day . The longest and most violent acts were when they washed the body , when they perfumed it , when they carried it out to ...
... mourning , if I may call it fo , continued forty days ; not equally vio- lent , but with diminution from day to day . The longest and most violent acts were when they washed the body , when they perfumed it , when they carried it out to ...
Page 138
... mourning , mentioned Jer . xvi . 6 , 7 . and elsewhere , ) by a custom derived from the Jews ; and I have been many times prefent at them , among the Armenians in Perfia . The 7th verfe Speaks of thofe provifions which are wont to be ...
... mourning , mentioned Jer . xvi . 6 , 7 . and elsewhere , ) by a custom derived from the Jews ; and I have been many times prefent at them , among the Armenians in Perfia . The 7th verfe Speaks of thofe provifions which are wont to be ...
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